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Record first home byer share backs stimulus, Rudd

CANBERRA, May 12 AAP - First-time home buyers now account for a record share of new housing loans, proving that stimulus package measures are working, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.

First home buyers made up a record 27.3 per cent of all home loans granted in March according to data released on Tuesday, topping the previous peak of 26.5 per cent set in January and February.

CANBERRA, May 11 AAP - Massive government spending in the boom times means the federal budget will be deep in deficit well after the global financial crisis has disappeared, an independent forecaster says.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 AP - The killing of three Somali pirates in the dramatic US Navy rescue of a cargo ship captain has sparked concern for other hostages and fears the stakes have been raised for future hijackings in the lucrative Indian Ocean shipping lane.

Sunday's rescue followed a raid at sea on Friday by French navy commandos, who stormed a pirate-held sailboat, the Tanit, killing two pirates and freeing four French hostages. The French owner of the vessel was killed in the assault.

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Jobless rate hits 5-year high and worse to come - economists

SYDNEY, April 9 AAP - Australia has posted the largest monthly jump in unemployment in 18 years, as the global downturn hits the local economy.

The nation's jobless rate rose 0.5 percentage points in March to 5.7 per cent, a five-and-a-half year high, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data on Thursday showed.

PRAGUE, April 5 AFP - US President Barack Obama led global condemnation of North Korea's rocket launch on Sunday, calling it "a provocative act" for which Pyongyang must be punished.

South Korea said it was "reckless" and put its armed forces on heightened alert, as did Japan. China and Russia pleaded for restraint as the UN Security Council was summoned to an emergency session in New York later on Sunday.

LONDON, April 2 AFP - Global stocks shot up on Thursday amid greater optimism following a G20 summit in London that boosted efforts to save the world economy and after an uptick in US manufacturing orders.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 3.45 per cent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq index was up 3.83 per cent at 1600 GMT.

SYDNEY, March 25 AAP - Activity in the NSW property market is expected increase over the first half of 2009 as buyers return tempted by lower interest rates and government grants, an industry body says.

The Real Estate Institute of NSW (REINSW) says the return of first home buyers has "re-energised" the state's property market.

SYDNEY, March 24 AAP - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's personal popularity has returned to near record levels, while opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has lost support, according to the latest Newspoll.

Mr Rudd's rating grew by four percentage points to 65 per cent in the past two weeks on the question of who would make the better prime minister, just one point short of his highest rating last December.

In his budget-in-reply address on Thursday night, the opposition leader attacked the spiralling levels of debt forecast in the budget and run up by Labor with its "profligate" spending on two economic stimulus packages.

Mr Turnbull also said the opposition would fight plans to cut the private health insurance rebate, but offered a trade-off.

The opposition is offering to replace the forecast $1.9 billion in savings that would come from paring back access to the private health insurance rebate with a 12.5 per cent increase in the tobacco excise - a tax of three cents per cigarette.

PERTH, June 19 AAP - A woman has appealed for greater understanding of mothers with mental disorders after a court was told how she had smothered her four-week-old boy with a pillow.More...

NSW: Woman in hiding after Johns group sex revelations

The New Zealand woman at the centre of the MATTHEW JOHNS group sex scandal has gone into hiding.More...

Vic: Roads won't cope with evacuation, residents want more info

MELBOURNE, May 18 AAP - Victoria's roads simply would not cope with a massive evacuation during a bushfire, the royal commission into the Black Saturday disaster has been told.More...

Vic: Roads won't cope with evacuation, residents want more info

MELBOURNE, May 18 AAP - Victoria's roads simply would not cope with a massive evacuation during a bushfire, the royal commission into the Black Saturday disaster has been told.More...

Vic: Pathological gambler allowed to bet $300,000 hands

A court has heard Melbourne's Crown Casino allowed a pathological gambler to place bets of 300 thousand dollars at a time on his way to losing 30 million dollars.More...

Fed: Aust warships rush to aid of vessel attacked by pirates

CANBERRA, May 18 AAP - Two Australian warships have rushed to the aid of a freighter under attack in the Gulf of Aden from pirates firing rocket propelled grenades and attempting to board the vessel by force.More...

NSW: Home invasion racially motivated, Sinhalese leader says

A Sinhalese community leader says an acid attack on two Sri Lankan students during a Sydney home invasion was racially motivated.More...

NSW: Home invasion racially motivated, Sinhalese leader says

SYDNEY, May 18 AAP - An acid attack on two Sri Lankan students in a Sydney home invasion was racially motivated, a Sinhalese community leader says.More...

NSW: Fifth teacher in court over Knox student abuse claims

SYDNEY, May 18 AAP - A fifth former teacher from Sydney's Knox Grammar School has appeared in court over child sex allegations dating back more than 30 years.More...

ASIA: SLanka military says Tamil Tiger leader alive, surrounded

The Sri Lankan military says it has the leader of the Tamil Tigers surrounded.More...

Recession to curb workers' wage-bargaining power

SYDNEY, May 18 AAP - Over the coming year or two, workers will increasingly find that one of the casualties of the recession is their bargaining power in the labour market.More...

NSW: Police urge calm after racial violence

SYDNEY, May 18 AAP - Police have appealed for calm after politically-motivated unrest in Sydney's west, including an acid attack on two Sri Lankan students.More...

US: Astronauts wrap up 4th spacewalk to repair Hubble

Two spacewalking astronauts have overcome a stuck bolt .. a power tool with a dead battery and other frustrations while working to revive a long inactive science instrument inside the Hubble Space Telescope.More...

US: Huge New York rehearsal for next terror strike

NEW YORK, May 17 AFP - Hundreds of firefighters and police have swarmed Ground Zero, the site where the World Trade Centre once stood, in the largest security exercise in New York since the September 11, 2001 attacks.More...

Fed: Labor takes post-budget poll hit

MELBOURNE, May 18 AAP - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's approval rating has slumped by 10 points in a new opinion poll taken after the federal budget last week.More...

US: Obama's budget chief says US economy has almost bottomed out

WASHINGTON, May 17 AP - The White House's budget director says the US. economy has almost bottomed out and the sense of economic free-fall is over.More...

Fed:Non-consensual group sex happening across society

CANBERRA, May 17 AAP - Group sex scandals are not isolated to rugby league, a rape crisis centre manager says.More...

JPN: Japan acts over fresh swine flu cases, world figures soar

Officials in Japan are closing schools and cancelling public events in the western city of Kobe .. after eight high school students tested positive for swine flu and scores more reported feeling ill.More...

JPN: Japan acts over fresh swine flu cases, world figures soar

TOKYO, May 16 AFP - Officials are closing schools and cancelling public events in the Japanese city of Kobe after eight high school students tested positive for swine flu and scores more reported feeling ill.More...

US: US astronauts equip Hubble on third spacewalk

HOUSTON, Texas, May 16 AFP - Two US astronauts are coming to the end of their third spacewalk after reviving a crippled camera on the aging Hubble Space Telescope and equipping the 19-year-old observatory with a new key instrument.More...

NSW: Man shot in leg at Kings Cross

A man in his mid-20s was shot twice in his leg this morning at Kings Cross in Sydney.More...

EUR: Journalist on trial for killing fish with shampoo

COPENHAGEN, May 15 AFP - A Danish journalist is to go on trial next week for killing 12 guppy fish with shampoo live on television.More...

NSW: Toxic chemicals leaking into Parramatta River

SYDNEY, May 16 AAP - A toxic cancer-causing chemical is leaking into the Parramatta River in Sydney's west from a shipping container facility, forcing a major decontamination of the area.More...

EUR: Global flu tally over 7,700 says European health agency

STOCKHOLM, May 15 DPA - The number of global cases of the new influenza A(H1N1) virus topped 7,700 worldwide, according to figures released on Friday by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).More...

ASIA: Thai woman bites Belgian boyfriend's penis: police

BANGKOK, May 15 AFP - A Thai woman bit her Belgian boyfriend's penis out of jealousy during sex, but doctors managed to save the nearly-severed organ, police and reports said on Friday.More...

Recession could be over soon after it's finally confirmed

SYDNEY, May 14 AAP - Australia's economic recession could be almost over before figures confirm it's "officially" under way.More...

Home boost extension risks more borrowers to default - academic

SYDNEY, May 15 AAP - The extension of time for the enhanced first home grants puts more borrowers at risk of default, as the spectre of double-digit unemployment looms, an academic says.More...

Recession is "cleansing process" for economies, Corbett says

SYDNEY, May 15 AAP - Former Woolworths chief executive Roger Corbett says recessions can act as a "cleansing process" in the economic cycle by weeding out bad companies that should be allowed to fail.More...

WA: Racist video still on website despite man being charged

An anti-semitic video filmed in Perth is still available on the website YouTube .. despite a man being charged for allegedly making racist comments on it.More...

JPN: More young Japanese commit suicide amid slump

TOKYO, May 14 AP - The economic slump and subsequent job losses have driven more young Japanese to commit suicide, with a record number of victims in their 30s, police say.More...

US: Obama understands NZ interest in trade deal - Key

WELLINGTON, May 15 NZPA - US President Barack Obama has taken on board New Zealand's interest in a free trade agreement, Prime Minister John Key says.More...

VIC: Shot man lost all in Black Saturday fires, neighbour says

MELBOURNE, May 15 AAP - A man shot and wounded by police in a backyard altercation in Melbourne's north lost everything in the Black Saturday fires, a neighbour says.More...

US: Astronauts float out on first Hubble spacewalk

Two astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis have stepped out on the first of five ambitious spacewalks .. to overhaul the Hubble space telescope and extend its working life.More...

VIC: police shoot man with knife after capsicum spray fails

A shot of capsicum spray failed to subdue a man armed with a large knife tonight .. who was shot and wounded by a detective in a backyard in Melbourne's north.More...

CANBERRA, May 14 AAP - Labor faces defeat over its plans to cut the private health insurance rebate after the opposition announced it will block the budget measure.More...

Fed: Oppn to vote against cuts to private health insurace rebate

CANBERRA, May 14 AAP - The Rudd government's assault on middle-class welfare suffered a devastating blow on Thursday, with Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull vowing the coalition will vote against cuts to the private health insurance rebate.More...

Fed: Govt will consider cigarette tax as part of Henry review

CANBERRA, May 14 AAP - The Rudd government may consider Malcolm Turnbull's idea to increase the cost of cigarettes - but only after its Henry review on taxation reports back.More...

Fed:Turnbull raises option that could see rebate plan go up in smoke

CANBERRA, May 14 AAP - It was sombre and in keeping with the economic times.More...

NSW: Dumped distress beacon sparks costly search

SYDNEY, May 14 AAP - Taxpayers will foot the bill for a costly search and rescue operation in central NSW that turned out to be a false alarm, an Ambulance Service spokeswoman says.More...

US: In reversal, Obama rules out release of detainee photos

WASHINGTON, May 13 AFP - President Barack Obama has reversed a decision to release photos depicting abuse of detainees in Afghanistan or Iraq out of concern the images could cause a backlash against US troops abroad, US officials say.More...

WA: Man charged over website posting of anti-semitic videos

PERTH, May 14 AAP - A man who allegedly posted anti-semitic videos on the website YouTube has been charged with attempting to incite racial animosity and racial harassment.More...